Emerce reports (translation): Unknown third parties have gained access to the ICT environments of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam, the Security and Operations Center has found. Measures are taken to limit the consequences and to ensure that education and research can proceed as undisturbed as possible. The schools have disabled several systems as…
Category: Education Sector
First it was Blackbaud, now it’s Sodinokibi — Southern Arkansas University becomes a breach victim again
Marco De Felice reports: After being VICTIM OF THE BLACKBAUD DATA BREACH in May of last year, Southern Arkansas University is now facing a new data theft by the Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware group. A few minutes ago, the Sodinokibi Ransomware group published a series of screenshots on its website regarding some data exfiltrated during the cyber attack against the…
Ca: Simon Fraser University warns cyberattack exposed personal information of about 200,000 students, staff and alumni
CBC reports: Simon Fraser University is warning its school community about a cyberattack that breached a server which stored information on student and employee ID numbers and other data, including admissions or academic standing. The school says about 200,000 people were affected by the breach. The university said its Information Technology Services staff discovered the…
Hacks and zoom-bombings continue to plague educational facilities
Educational settings across countries and age groups continue to be report hacking incidents or zoom-bombing incidents. Here are just some of the data security headlines I noted over the past few weeks: In the U.S.: Hundreds of Wimberley ISD students receive racist email in an apparent hack Council Rock Student’s Email Was Hacked, District Says…
NC: Central Piedmont Community College impacted by ransomware attack
Central Piedmont Community College experienced a ransomware attack that they first disclosed on February 10. Here is their most recent update: Central Piedmont Community College has experienced a ransomware attack, which was discovered Wednesday evening, Feb. 10. The college’s Information Technology Services (ITS) staff worked tirelessly through the night to take the college’s critical systems…
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Releases School District Audit
Lyncourt Union Free School District – Information Technology (Onondaga County) District officials did not adequately manage network user accounts or develop and adopt a written disaster recovery plan. As a result, the district has an increased risk that it could lose important data and suffer serious interruption in operations. District officials should have disabled 17…